scholarly journals Long Electron−Hole Separation of ZnO-CdS Core−Shell Quantum Dots

2009 ◽  
Vol 113 (45) ◽  
pp. 19419-19423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fen Xu ◽  
Vyacheslav Volkov ◽  
Yimei Zhu ◽  
Hanying Bai ◽  
Anthony Rea ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Core Shell ◽  
Electron Hole

Interband Optical Transition Energies in Type-II PbSe/PbS Core/Shell Quantum Dots

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 80-86
Author(s):  
S. N. Saravanamoorthy ◽  
A. John Peter
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Optical Properties ◽  
Shell Thickness ◽  
Optical Transition ◽  
Hole Pair ◽  
Core Shell ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Electron Hole ◽  
Transition Energies ◽  
Electron Hole Pair

Electronic and optical properties of Type-II lead based core/shell semiconducting quantum dots are reported. Binding energies of electron–hole pair, optical transition energies and the absorption coefficients are investigated taking into account the geometrical confinement in PbSe/PbS core/shell quantum dot nanostructure. The energies are obtained with the increase of shell thickness for various inner core radii. The probability densities of electron and hole wave functions of radial coordinate of the core PbSe and PbS shell quantum dots are presented. The optical transition energy with the spatial confinement is brought out. The electronic properties are obtained using variational approach whereas the compact density matrix method is employed for the nonlinear optical properties. The results show that (i) a decrease in binding energy is obtained when the shell thickness increases due to more separation of electron–hole pair and (ii) the energy band gap decreases with the increase in the shell thickness resulting in the reduction of the higher energy interband transitions.

Preparation and Characterization of Water-Soluble CdSe/CdS Core/Shell Quantum Dots

2012 ◽  
Vol 549 ◽  
pp. 212-215
Author(s):  
Ming Li Li ◽  
Qiong Yu ◽  
Ying Xu ◽  
Chun Jiang Zhou ◽  
Qing Guo Lu
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Energy Band ◽  
Xrd Analysis ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Excitation Wavelength ◽  
Core Shell ◽  
Electron Hole ◽  
Energy Peak

Cadmium Selenide/Cadmium Sulfide (CdSe/CdS) core/shell quantum dots (QDs) in aqueous solution were prepared by solve-separate method using CdSe as core and mercapto-acetate acid as stabilizer and surfactants. The results of experiments indicate that the size of the CdSe/CdS QDs was about 5nm estimated by FE-TEM, which is accordant with that calculated from the XRD data by the Scherer equation after emendation. The QDs belong to the cubic structure (zinc blende) by XRD analysis. The intensity of luminescence of the quantum dots was greatly improved after the surface was coated with CdS shell. With increasing the time of refluence, the intensity of photoluminescence was promoted correspondingly. The excitation wavelength was 350nm, two emission peaks were clearly observed, the first high-energy peak was at 600nm and the second one located in 700nm. The first high-energy band was attributed to electron–hole recombination after relaxation and the second energy band was to deep traps in quantum-confined systems.

scholarly journals Hole-Induced Electron Transport through Core−Shell Quantum Dots: A Direct Measurement of the Electron−Hole Interaction

Nano Letters ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 1931-1935 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingmar Swart ◽  
Zhixiang Sun ◽  
Daniël Vanmaekelbergh ◽  
Peter Liljeroth
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Electron Transport ◽  
Direct Measurement ◽  
Core Shell ◽  
Electron Hole ◽  
Hole Interaction

scholarly journals Transport studies of electron-hole and spin-orbit interaction in GaSb/InAsSb core-shell nanowire quantum dots

2015 ◽  
Vol 91 (16) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bahram Ganjipour ◽  
Martin Leijnse ◽  
Lars Samuelson ◽  
H. Q. Xu ◽  
Claes Thelander
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Orbit Interaction ◽  
Core Shell ◽  
Spin Orbit ◽  
Electron Hole ◽  
Spin Orbit Interaction ◽  
Transport Studies

Nanostructure of semiconductor quantum dots in a borosilicate glass matrix by complementary use of HREM and AEM

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 728-729
Author(s):  
M.J. Kim ◽  
L.C. Liu ◽  
S.H. Risbud ◽  
R.W. Carpenter
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
Borosilicate Glass ◽  
Glass Matrix ◽  
Optical Switching ◽  
Response Times ◽  
Fast Response ◽  
Processing Technique ◽  
Internal Stresses ◽  
Electron Hole ◽  
Spatial Dimensions

When the size of a semiconductor is reduced by an appropriate materials processing technique to a dimension less than about twice the radius of an exciton in the bulk crystal, the band like structure of the semiconductor gives way to discrete molecular orbital electronic states. Clusters of semiconductors in a size regime lower than 2R {where R is the exciton Bohr radius; e.g. 3 nm for CdS and 7.3 nm for CdTe) are called Quantum Dots (QD) because they confine optically excited electron- hole pairs (excitons) in all three spatial dimensions. Structures based on QD are of great interest because of fast response times and non-linearity in optical switching applications.In this paper we report the first HREM analysis of the size and structure of CdTe and CdS QD formed by precipitation from a modified borosilicate glass matrix. The glass melts were quenched by pouring on brass plates, and then annealed to relieve internal stresses. QD precipitate particles were formed during subsequent "striking" heat treatments above the glass crystallization temperature, which was determined by differential thermal analysis.

High-Temperature Synthesis of CdSe-Based Core/Shell, Core/Shell/Shell, and Core/Graded-Shell Nanoplatelets for Stable and Efficient Narrowband Emitters

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aurelio A. Rossinelli ◽  
Henar Rojo ◽  
Aniket S. Mule ◽  
Marianne Aellen ◽  
Ario Cocina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Dots ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Equilibrium Shape ◽  
Size Variation ◽  
Crystal Defects ◽  
Atomic Scale ◽  
Quantum Yields ◽  
Core Shell ◽  
Compositional Gradient ◽  
High Quality

<div>Colloidal semiconductor nanoplatelets exhibit exceptionally narrow photoluminescence spectra. This occurs because samples can be synthesized in which all nanoplatelets share the same atomic-scale thickness. As this dimension sets the emission wavelength, inhomogeneous linewidth broadening due to size variation, which is always present in samples of quasi-spherical nanocrystals (quantum dots), is essentially eliminated. Nanoplatelets thus offer improved, spectrally pure emitters for various applications. Unfortunately, due to their non-equilibrium shape, nanoplatelets also suffer from low photo-, chemical, and thermal stability, which limits their use. Moreover, their poor stability hampers the development of efficient synthesis protocols for adding high-quality protective inorganic shells, which are well known to improve the performance of quantum dots. <br></div><div>Herein, we report a general synthesis approach to highly emissive and stable core/shell nanoplatelets with various shell compositions, including CdSe/ZnS, CdSe/CdS/ZnS, CdSe/Cd<sub>x</sub>Zn<sub>1–x</sub>S, and CdSe/ZnSe. Motivated by previous work on quantum dots, we find that slow, high-temperature growth of shells containing a compositional gradient reduces strain-induced crystal defects and minimizes the emission linewidth while maintaining good surface passivation and nanocrystal uniformity. Indeed, our best core/shell nanoplatelets (CdSe/Cd<sub>x</sub>Zn<sub>1–x</sub>S) show photoluminescence quantum yields of 90% with linewidths as low as 56 meV (19.5 nm at 655 nm). To confirm the high quality of our different core/shell nanoplatelets for a specific application, we demonstrate their use as gain media in low-threshold ring lasers. More generally, the ability of our synthesis protocol to engineer high-quality shells can help further improve nanoplatelets for optoelectronic devices.</div>

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